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23rd May 2020, 10:08 pm | #21 |
Nonode
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
WME Bill mentioned a good few scopes earlier, with which i would mostly agree.
I will offer just two, a valved scope and an all solid state one, bearing in mind the OPs needs. A Telequipment S32. Simple valve job, up to 10MHz bandwidth, everything replaceable or repairable. Very old, but stonking little 'scopes. For the solid state, go with any of the D65, D66, D67 or D67A. 15 to 25MHz bandwidth, single or dual timebase, simple to operate and everything is off the shelf stuff. No magic ICs or other strange stuff. Perhaps I should have thrown in the S54A as a basic solid state 10MHz scope as well. If any of these has a good CRT (and quite a few replacements available if not) and a GOOD MAINS TRANSFORMER, you are good to go. Only Mains transformers could be difficult to obtain, everything else that is critical is easily found. Les. |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
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27th May 2020, 6:47 pm | #24 |
Nonode
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Hi!
Scopex and Gould oscilloscopes regularly crop up fairly regularly, but both are beset with problems – Scopex have tunnel diode triggering, and there are also mains transformer problems, and Gould bookwork is horrible to read due to there being no component–values or working voltages given on their diagrams, and spares problems need another parts mule! You can get new Chinese 10MHz CRT scopes but I have found they have very short–lived CRTs and their print is horrible to work on – it curls up and dies if you wave an iron anywhere near it! I posted a detailed A–Z review in the thread "Two Scopes – Which One Is Best" covering most of the ones found regularly on the secondhand market. Chris Williams
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27th May 2020, 8:23 pm | #25 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Chris, not sure if you are correct. I don't recall ever seeing a tunnel diode in a Scopex.
The two common models are the 4D10 and the 4D10A. The first one used static sensitive components in the front end (BFS28 MOS-Fets), so need treating with care. The -A version used less sensitive devices, ordinary FETs, E421. (Not sure what equivalents, but possibly selected BFW10 or BFW11). Common failures are the high value resistors in parallel with the high voltage electrolytics in the EHT chain. My complaint about gould (aka Advace) is transformer failures. 10MHz conventional Chinese scope, never hear of them. Details please? Les. |
27th May 2020, 10:28 pm | #26 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
I had a quick search & found some Chinese sites selling analogue CRT scopes, the cheapest is a 2MHz model (with round CRT) at around $60-70 and some 20MHz & higher models for more $, no idea what the quality is like as I've never used any of these, or bought from that site.
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28th May 2020, 5:07 pm | #27 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Hi!
Rest assured the 4D25 has a 1N3719 (D307) t.d. hidden away very carefully in the trigger input circuit diagram – it's used to discharge a current pulse into the primary of the trigger pulse coupling transformer T501! Chris Williams
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28th May 2020, 7:56 pm | #28 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Chris, I have never met a 4D25. Don't expect i ever will now, but if one does come my way ---.
For the record, i have a small stash of new TDs, mostly 4.7mA if I recall. All genuine, bought in a lot at auction some 30 to 40 years ago. I have had or worked on quite a few scopes over the years, but there must be many tens of them that I have never met for every one I have. Les. |
28th May 2020, 11:41 pm | #29 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Hi!
I have one disguised as the Farnell 4D–30 in my collection and a recently acquired Cossor 3100/CDU160 with four (!!) of the dreaded t.d.'s in it so I fear a little portion of next month's salary is going to go on some 1G304s, as the Cossor refuses to trigger properly on the simplest waveform, but I'll wait for the bookwork on the way from Bill Nichols first! Chris Williams
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29th May 2020, 8:05 pm | #30 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Chris, I remember Peter Waugh telling me that the Farnel branded versions of the 4D10 series were sold as 4D12. This was achieved by smaller divisions on the screen, so the bandwidth Xs Gain relationship remained intact. That would probably mean the 4D30 by Farnell has smaller divisions than a Scopex 4D25.
What rating are the TDs you require? My books do not list a 1G304. Les. |
30th May 2020, 9:24 am | #31 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Morning Les!
It's the Russian "GI304B" 4.7mA AEY25 equivalent type – just me making the usual typos with Russian type designations again! Chris Williams
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30th May 2020, 9:56 pm | #32 |
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Re: Oscilloscope question - not vintage
Chris, just found some notes that tell me I have some 1N3716 TDs, 4.7mA same as the AEY25. I MAY even have some AEY25s as well. I am still reorganising stuff after redecorating the "electronics room", so not too sure where they are right now.
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